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Chapter 621: When everyone thought I'd skipped it, I actually updated it at 3 PM. That's also a kind of "skipping" (or "delaying").

Gu Mian felt that the people in these lower-dimensional worlds all seemed to have some kind of serious illness.

Some people like to wear short skirts.

People come to his house every day to unscrew gas cylinders.

There are people who wear a cloak all day long in cosplay.

There were also girls who would go to his bed in the middle of the night and put their heads in his arms.

That's outrageous.

Gu Mian reached out and pulled Xiao Qiao out of the quilt, but Xiao Qiao seemed to really like the quilt and struggled to crawl back in.

Having no other choice, he found a rope and tied Xiao Qiao up tightly, placing her beside the bed.

The next morning, the fat man woke up and looked at Xiao Qiao, who was tightly bound under Gu Mian's bed, and fell into deep thought.

"Does a doctor really have such a strange hobby?" He picked up a small notebook and wrote it down. He also casually grabbed a few ropes and held them up against himself a few times.

Chu Changge glanced at the fat man gesturing with a rope, then continued reading the book in his hand, which contained the list of worlds that Gu Mian had compiled yesterday.

The fat man noticed something amiss and sidled up to Chu Changge: "Brother Chu, I've noticed you've been quite quiet ever since the doctor came out of the circus instance. Could you be possessed by a ghost?"

Chu Changge looked up and stared at him.

The fat man, seeing the other person's gaze, chuckled awkwardly and took two steps back: "Just kidding, just kidding..."

Just then, Liu Ruyan's voice suddenly came from the doorway: "Everyone's here."

The fat man looked up and saw that their landlord was already standing at the door, smiling at them.

From Liu Ruyan's perspective, she could see Xiao Qiao, who was tied up in the room. She didn't react to her roommate's ordeal and pretended not to see it.

"Landlady," the fat man took a few steps toward the door, lowering his voice because Gu Mian was still asleep in the room, "What brings you here?"

Liu Ruyan rarely comes to see them; if she does, it must be for something important.

"There's something I'd like to discuss with Chu Changge," Liu Ruyan's gaze swept over Gu Mian's body before landing on Chu Changge. "Do you have time?"

Chu Changge stood up and walked towards the door, but didn't say anything.

Just then, another slightly hoarse voice came from behind Liu Ruyan: "What a coincidence, I also have something to discuss with Mr. Chu."

Even without seeing the person, the fat man knew it was Xie Bi'an's voice—it was so pleasant to hear.

Liu Ruyan turned around in surprise and met a figure in a dark cloak. It was indeed him.

"What's going on?" the fat man wondered. "Is this a gathering of surviving guardians? We should have brought Miss Qiao along!"

Xiao Qiao was sleeping soundly under Gu Mian's bed, and no one was thinking about her. The three of them left in perfect unison.

Gu Mian woke up to the scent.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he instinctively looked for the source of the smell, which turned out to be the aroma of the fat man's breakfast.

It's roast duck soup dumplings.

Gu Mian glanced again and saw Xiao Qiao, who had already opened her eyes by the bedside. At this moment, Xiao Qiao stared at his chin with bright eyes, as if he were more attractive than the steamed buns on the table.

It's 10:30 in the morning. Xiao Qiao was too restless last night, which caused Gu Mian to get up late.

Noticing that the person under the bed was still staring at her chin, Gu Mian touched the spot being stared at: "Is there something here?"

“No,” Fatty came to the bedside when he saw Gu Mian wake up. He stared at Gu Mian’s chin for a while. “There’s nothing there.”

So why is Xiao Qiao so interested in this part of her body?
The way he looked at him was as if he wanted to rip off his jaw and carry it away in his arms.

"They probably think the doctor's jawline is too beautiful," the fat man offered what he considered a reasonable guess.

Gu Mian couldn't eat under that kind of gaze, so he decided to send Xiao Qiao away first and then come back for breakfast.

As Gu Mian carried Xiao Qiao away, she glanced around the room and asked, "Where's Chu Changge?"

The fat man scratched his head: "The landlady and the cloaked man called me away. It looks like they want to have some kind of secret meeting."

Miss Landlady and Mr. Cloak...

Wow, Fatty really knows how to name people.

Gu Mian complained as she carried Xiao Qiao out the door.

It's strange, but every time he went out with a girl, he would run into Banwo Rinian. And whenever Banwo Rinian saw him, a strange expression would appear on her face, as if she had seen some heinous demon.

This time too.

Gu Mian had just carried Xiao Qiao a few steps up the stairs when she ran into "Accompany Me Next Year" in the corridor.

The other person stopped in his tracks upon seeing him, then his gaze fell upon the bound Xiao Qiao, and Gu Mian noticed that her expression became more varied.

Sadness, anger, fear—Gu Mian could roughly discern these emotions.

What's wrong with this person? Gu Mian ignored her and lifted her foot to continue walking down.

Then, the person who accompanied me for the next year suddenly opened their mouth and said, "Let go, let go, let go of her!"

He remembered that this person didn't used to stutter.

Judging from the tone of her voice, which suggested she was trying to help someone in need, Gu Mian realized that she seemed to have misunderstood something.

Xiao Qiao twisted her body in response, looking exactly like a virtuous woman who had been forcibly taken away.

The situation was quite awkward. Just then, Liu Ruyan's voice suddenly came from the side: "It seems we've come at the wrong time."

Gu Mian turned her head and saw Liu Ruyan standing on the stairs below, with Chu Changge, who liked skirts, and Xie Bi'an, who loved cosplay, next to her.

“No, you’ve come at just the right time,” Gu Mian said, placing Xiao Qiao in front of Liu Ruyan. “Take her back quickly.”

Liu Ruyan smiled and reached out to untie the ropes binding Xiao Qiao: "Then we'll be going now."

After saying that, he took Xiao Qiao's hand and left together.

Xie Bi'an's hood shifted, and he turned to Gu Mian, his voice coming from beneath the black cloak: "Well then, you two, I'll be going now."

Neither of them said anything, and he didn't care, walking away alone.

Gu Mian watched Xie Bi'an's departing figure. He was really curious about what was under the cloak, but unfortunately, the other party wouldn't let him see.

Thinking of this, he turned to look at Chu Changge and asked, "Where did you three go?"

Chu Changge pushed up his glasses: "Xie Bi'an said he wants to join us for the next dungeon run."

What's wrong with Xie Bi'an? He was avoiding them not long ago.

Feeling a bit hungry, Gu Mian remembered he hadn't eaten breakfast yet. As he climbed the steps, he asked Chu Changge, "You said he died once before, did you sense his death?"

Chu Changge followed behind Gu Mian: "Yes."

"If he were standing in front of you now, would you still have a connection with him?"

"In my perception, he is dead; I cannot sense his presence, but he may still sense me."

Are you sure he's number four?

"determine."

This is strange.

Xie Bi'an died once and was resurrected. After his resurrection, he covered himself up completely, not revealing a single inch of skin, as if he were hiding something.

Now he volunteered to go into the dungeon with them again, I wonder if he had some ulterior motive.

Gu Mian walked and thought, and soon the two returned to the door of the house.

The fat man was sitting on the sofa, resting his chin on his hand, waiting for them.

Xiao Hong lay on the floor under the bed, looking utterly dejected. She had been outside all night, and her face showed extreme grievance.

The older brother remained inside the CD, unusually not coming out to call for his younger sister.

What a lovely morning!

Gu Mian's plan was to enter the next instance on August 20th. He had been doing well for the past ten days or so, except that Xiao Qiao would sometimes crawl out from under the bed in the middle of the night and stare at his chin with a fervent gaze. He didn't know where she got the key.

August 20th arrived quickly. Gu Mian refused the fat man who volunteered, pressed him down at home, and then took Chu Changge out.

Xie Bi'an followed like a persistent ghost, and Coco even appeared in the group.

After listening to her explanation of why she entered the dungeon, Gu Mian only gleaned three words—"I'm short of money."

The ticket seller still had that lifeless expression, but once Gu Mian came out of the instance, the ticket seller's expression would turn half-dead.

Just as the ticket seller rolled her eyes in despair, Gu Mian and her group had already started matching for a dungeon.

[Matching for a dungeon, please wait]

[Matchmaking successful, currently matching teammates...]

[Square match successfully completed]

[Copy: Screaming Court]

A court? Gu Mian thought for a moment. He vaguely remembered that someone had mentioned something called a "copy court" to him, but he couldn't remember who it was.

But isn't this a class-specific dungeon? The kind for judges, for example.

[Content: Players will become partners of justice in the instance, in groups of four, with one judge and three assistants in each group. Please collect evidence and adjudicate the cases you are responsible for.]

Number of players: 12

It turns out it's a grouped instance, which means there are exactly four of them, so they should be grouped together.

There are 12 people, so there are two other groups besides them.

Gu Mian continued looking down as she pondered this.

[Mission: Make a correct judgment on the case within three days. Players will leave the instance after making their judgment and leaving the courtroom.]

When Gu Mian finished reading the last line, her eyes lit up.

He looked up and found himself in an unfamiliar lobby. He looked around and realized that he was in a large courtroom, much like the ones in TV dramas.

Just as Gu Mian was about to examine the details, she suddenly realized that someone seemed to be staring at her from behind.

He turned his head and looked back, only to meet a familiar face and a familiar look of terror in his eyes.

Upon seeing the familiar white coat, the driving instructor gaped, dropping the files in his hands in surprise.

Can anyone tell me why he's back in my instance?

This must be a nightmare!
It was a nightmare! (I'm sure of it)

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(End of this chapter)